General Views Of High-End Retail Ahead of December CPI Numbers

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A Louis Vuitton branded purse is displayed in the store's window in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Japan's consumer prices excluding fresh food, a benchmark monitored by the central bank, haven't advanced 2 percent for any year since 1997, when a national sales tax was increased. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A Louis Vuitton branded purse is displayed in the store's window in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Japan's consumer prices excluding fresh food, a benchmark monitored by the central bank, haven't advanced 2 percent for any year since 1997, when a national sales tax was increased. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

General Views Of High-End Retail Ahead of December CPI Numbers

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A pedestrian walks past a Prada SpA store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Japan's consumer prices excluding fresh food, a benchmark monitored by the central bank, haven't advanced 2 percent for any year since 1997, when a national sales tax was increased. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A pedestrian walks past a Prada SpA store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Japan's consumer prices excluding fresh food, a benchmark monitored by the central bank, haven't advanced 2 percent for any year since 1997, when a national sales tax was increased. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

General Views Of High-End Retail Ahead of December CPI Numbers

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Pedestrians look through the window of a Chaumet store, a luxury unit of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Japan's consumer prices excluding fresh food, a benchmark monitored by the central bank, haven't advanced 2 percent for any year since 1997, when a national sales tax was increased. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pedestrians look through the window of a Chaumet store, a luxury unit of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Japan's consumer prices excluding fresh food, a benchmark monitored by the central bank, haven't advanced 2 percent for any year since 1997, when a national sales tax was increased. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

General Views Of High-End Retail Ahead of December CPI Numbers

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Chanel SA branded goods are displayed in the window of the store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Japan's consumer prices excluding fresh food, a benchmark monitored by the central bank, haven't advanced 2 percent for any year since 1997, when a national sales tax was increased. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Chanel SA branded goods are displayed in the window of the store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Japan's consumer prices excluding fresh food, a benchmark monitored by the central bank, haven't advanced 2 percent for any year since 1997, when a national sales tax was increased. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

General Views Of High-End Retail Ahead of December CPI Numbers

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Customers enter a Chanel SA store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Japan's consumer prices excluding fresh food, a benchmark monitored by the central bank, haven't advanced 2 percent for any year since 1997, when a national sales tax was increased. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Customers enter a Chanel SA store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Japan's consumer prices excluding fresh food, a benchmark monitored by the central bank, haven't advanced 2 percent for any year since 1997, when a national sales tax was increased. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

General Views Of High-End Retail Ahead of December CPI Numbers

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Pedestrians walk past a Chanel SA store as an employee, third right, hands bags to customers in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Japan's consumer prices excluding fresh food, a benchmark monitored by the central bank, haven't advanced 2 percent for any year since 1997, when a national sales tax was increased. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pedestrians walk past a Chanel SA store as an employee, third right, hands bags to customers in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Japan's consumer prices excluding fresh food, a benchmark monitored by the central bank, haven't advanced 2 percent for any year since 1997, when a national sales tax was increased. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

General Views Of High-End Retail Ahead of December CPI Numbers

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Pedestrians stand outside a Cie. Financiere Richemont SA's Cartier brand store, in this long exposure photograph taken in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Japan's consumer prices excluding fresh food, a benchmark monitored by the central bank, haven't advanced 2 percent for any year since 1997, when a national sales tax was increased. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pedestrians stand outside a Cie. Financiere Richemont SA's Cartier brand store, in this long exposure photograph taken in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Japan's consumer prices excluding fresh food, a benchmark monitored by the central bank, haven't advanced 2 percent for any year since 1997, when a national sales tax was increased. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

General Views Of High-End Retail Ahead of December CPI Numbers

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A woman walks past the window of a Cie. Financiere Richemont SA's Cartier brand store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Japan's consumer prices excluding fresh food, a benchmark monitored by the central bank, haven't advanced 2 percent for any year since 1997, when a national sales tax was increased. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A woman walks past the window of a Cie. Financiere Richemont SA's Cartier brand store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Japan's consumer prices excluding fresh food, a benchmark monitored by the central bank, haven't advanced 2 percent for any year since 1997, when a national sales tax was increased. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images